AllenLowe

personally, I'll soon be going out onto the ice -

the Hank Jones solo is his best work, IMHO -

those are two separate questions, I know - anyway - I have two sets of That Devilin Tune, 4 boxes in each set; these were promos but are unused and in mint condition - just no shrink wrap. They are complete. I would like to keep them together as sets - so, will sell each set of 4 boxes for $125 plus shipping - paypal preferred - my paypal address (and new email) is alowe5@maine.rr.com now if somebody insists, and wants to break 'em up - I might be willing to part with individual boxes for $35 each - shoot me an email -

I've often been compared to the following:

the Maine caucuses were indeed interesting - though I was late, as I was headed, first, toward Russia, and had to turn around -

I don't get it -

what strikes me about Zappa's so-called "classical" works (something of a misnomer) is how connnected they are to life - they breathe a sense of the composer's life force, if I may use a cliche, in contrast to so much I hear coming out of the academy (think of David Baker's sad works) - and if they don't, perhaps, match up to certain formal requirements it matters less than how strikingly original they are -

now, you do know, we're only admitting Demorcrats this year for membership - too many of those pesky Berigan-types sneaking in -

made me wanna puke -

the Bernard Purdie claims, btw, are completely fictitious - I don't know why he made that stuff up, but this has been gone over extensively on Beatles boards and histories - didn't happen -

sorry, nothing doing until you've slept with every moderator and given us your lunch money - until than, welcome - and congrats on escaping Maine -

I'm a prisoner in Maine -

I'm going down the drain -

by the way - Larry - just noticed your reference to Eastwood Lane - there is a very good pianist (from the midwest I think, or maybe Minnesota) who recorded two volumes of Eastwood lane piano music 15 or 20 years ago - if I can find the CDs I'll give you a citation -

excellent book - 78s are interesting because if you hear one that is in good condition on a decent turntable, you understand instantly why collectors thrill to the occassional mint disc - there is a clarity and space which is too often lost on bad transfers, both digital and analog -

ok james - jimmy jimbo jim dandy

what are the chances?

about the Jordan - there's an old solo LP on one of the Euro labels - can't remember the one - in which he does a beautiful solo recital - gentle but effective left hand. just an interesting piece of Duke Jordan trivia - he and Bill Evans used to get together and do duets - too bad they were never recorded -

Melungeons are descendants of the Turks, dark skinned and apparently non-white - Ben Harney was Melungeon -

"Don Ellis was white?!!! " actually, his mother was 1/14 white, 1/16 Jewish, 3/28 Melungeon, 1/100 Turkish (the Taffy side), 1/79 Afghanistanian, 8/1000 Alzheimer, 3/10,000 Bulgarian, and 2/679 Republican -

well, I'll raise you one - four - (to quote Miles Davis) -

sorry - best piano solo album EVER - Jaki Byard on Prestige - there's more than one, but both are the best piano solo album ever, trust me - everything else is, well, just piano -

I think I recognized the changes to I'll Remember April - also some surprisingly good Doc Severinson, though he loses his footing temporarily - much better than his later Tonight Show buzzing -

I do too - funny thing is nobody never talks about the very first album he made, which to me was the most personal interpretation of Tristano of any pianist I've ever heard - and his "free" solo with Bley (with Russell's band) was excellent, though he later disavowed it as too easy.

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